Patent Model - Life-Preserving State-Room for Navigable Vessels
Maker and role
Henry Hallock (b.1822, d.1891), Patentee
Production date
Jun 01 1858
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Iron, wood, copper
Measurements
7 x 6 1/8 x 10" (17.8 x 15.6 x 25.4cm)
2 15/16lbs (1.34kg)
2 15/16lbs (1.34kg)
Description
Hallock's patent "Consists in an air tight state room for steamboats, etc., so constructed and arranged that it shall, in the event of the hull of the boat sinking, be capable of automatically detaching itself therefrom and of floating, and when detached and floating shall be under the control, to a certain extent, of its occupants, and also shall afford ventilation, food, water and light to them during the period they are out to sea." (Patent Number 20,426)
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Object number
2015.14.229a-c
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